Every form of vice has been seen in Nigeria’s political landscape. The introduction of terrorism marks the heights of desperation and radical religious aberration. This denotes an attempt to take over the political leadership of a sovereign nation by selling to it the terrors of the systematic extermination of its people, if it refuses to assid to the terrorist’s demands.
This was clearly introduced and sponsored by the faithfuls of the same religion that professes intolerance of their religion to others in the political affairs of the country. It could be argued
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that other religions’ faithfuls were also discovered to be foot soldiers of the infamous group – the Boko Haram,but the big question is, at whose instance? Who are the sponsors? Which religious ideal is on the banner? And what is Boko Haram? These show negative religious indoctrination.
Nigeria is enshrined in the constitution as a circular state, but if the leadership is lilly livered, considering the sabotage from the Islamic soldier faithfuls, Nigeria would have long become an Islamic state. This has not happened yet but the maximum leaders of this country from the sect are not leaving any stone unturned to achieve it.
The political problems of Nigeria have become very complex. In the past, Nigerians have been known to shoot off their mouths at a tangent and some are known to have been killed for that,but the introduction of terrorism to the equation is very scary. This situation is very democratic. It scares everybody: the sponsor, political opponents and business men alike.
Even the recent past election of 2015 is being touted to have been won by Buhari because of his employment of terror threats and the display of dangerous instruments by his religious brothers. If this factor is allowed to trive in the field of politics, political leadership in the country will soon be left in the hands of tyrannts and blood thirsty dictators. Definitely Nigeria will become a real political pariar nation.
One may wonder why this study did not bring in the issue of Independent people of Biafra, IPOB, as another group of terrorists since they are also fighting on political line. The fact is very clear. Boko Haram has not up to date officially declared their reason for the mayhem they spread all over the land; they have even been requested to table their grievances to no avail. The only person they allowed near themselve is Muhammadu Buhari, the now president of the country and he was not forthcoming with any information. They were rather busy pounding the psychology of Nigerians with their ceaseless blood letting with glee or
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perhaps consumed with trying to ‘deep the Koran in the Ocean’-, Islamising the whole of Nigeria, as directed by the Saduana of Sokoto, Alhamadu Bello to give word to their intent.
The case of IPOB is different. This is a tribe that is defending itself against what has the picture of ethnic cleansing, a pogrom intent at exterminating the Igbo race with a thrump up charge of retaliatory military counter coup. The military coup of 1966 that was indicated to have started it all, was not executed alone by the Igbo people, why was the retaliation not extended to other tribes? What of the killings of the Igbo people that have been going on in every major cities of the North at the slightest provocation by any Christian from any part of the world? For instance, Rushdee wrote a poem that was interpreted to be against prophet Muhammed in the far off Western country, Igbo people were being killed for it here in Nigeria; American business men planned, just planned, in conjunction with the Nigeria government to stage beauty pageant in Nigeria, during Obasanjo’s reign and the Igbo peole have to be killed in protest, an Igbo man- Akaluka, picked a piece of paper being blown about by the wind off the street to clean his son’s anus not knowing that it is a Koranic paper, he was beheaded for it; recently, the Igbo people were asked to leave the whole Northern part of the country by some lazy miscreants supported by some misguided and blood tasty Northern elders who wanted to take over the properties of the Igbo people in the North. Is this a show of oneness? Luckly the federal government knows the dare consequences of such action- war of attrition and resisted the Northern elders vehemently. Feeling not welcomed in Nigeria, the Igbo people had decided to stay out of this so called country; this gesture was also rejected with extreme prejudice. What does Nigeria want of the Igbo man? Evidence has shown that the man is not a coward.
It is the same people that have been persecuting the Igbo people that quickly contrived to call IPOB a terrorist group. Fortunately, the international body whose view matters more in such issue, wholesomely rejected such label being forced down the throat of IPOB.
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Presently another terrorist group, the Fulani herdsmen that have not been so named, may be because they are of the same tribe with the president – Buhari, are being used to continue the killing of Nigerians as did Boko Haram. More than one thousand people have been killed for daring to ask for the sanctity of their farm lands and products. Despite these massacres, they have not been found guilty enough and qualified to be called terrorists. It is the attempt by the armless people of Biafra to defend themselves against a planned extermination, that have been named terrorists activity. The nightmarish massacre of Nigerians and the gleeful videoing of these blood cuddling events, of both Christians and muslems by the Boko Haram members leave one wondering whether democracy can be played at the lower animals’ levels.
Every effort this study employed to understand the Northern peoples’ reason for summoning these deadly tools into play refuses to infuse with any sense, moreover, it is their brothers, religious or ethnic, either on the side of military junta or plain cloth regime, that are most of the time in the seat of power. We want to think that it will be easier for ‘brothers’ to sort out their misgivings amicably, than people from variegated backgrounds. If this is generally accepted to be the case, doing otherwise is very animalistic, irresponsible and frivolous. This is for the fact that the standing ovation given to this terrorist group at inception, on the massacre of Christian faithfuls and fellow citizens, gave the terrorists’ campaign a tribal and religious colouration. Soon after, what was given to the geese was also extended to the gander and eventually settled in the Northern theatre. Up to now, this researcher could not decipher clearly the objective of the terrorist’s operations in Nigeria. If it is political, dialogue and the soliciting of the intervention of international friendly countries are the usual tool to sort out such matter. If religious, attempts will be made to eliminate only the faithfuls of the infidel religion, but none applies. Even their name of Boko Haram does not make sense, because all they have been using and are still using even in their miserable life and warfare are the products of the countries they profess to hate and disdain.
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A lot of Nigerians have been kidnapped and many of them killed since Boko Haram terrorist group was unleashed on the country. Questions have been asked and doubt cast on the authenticity of the Chibok girls kidnapping, but the one that has attracted more questions is the recent kidnapping of the girls in Dapochi federal girls secondary school in Bornu state of the same North East region. The story has it that, days before the kidnapping of these school girls, the road blocks mounted all over the states, particularly near the school were dismantled. Days after, when curiousity seem to have abetted, the abductors came and wisked the girls away, one hundred and eleven (111) of them. Again days after the abduction and the little noise by the appointed government functionaries, the girls were sighted. When the army that went to the rescue tried to engage the terrorists in a so called shoot out, five of the girls were killed because the terrorists used the girls as live shield. The question this study has at this point is whether any forensic was conducted of the expended bullets to find out from whose riffles the killer bullets were from? Nigerians will be surprised what they will find out.
One of the Christian girls perhaps in an answer to a previous question declared that she cannot deny Jesus Christ and was therefore withheld while the other girls were released, after a negotiation. Another question from this study is why do people in high places, especially in government, believe that the masses that magnanimously after understanding the intricacies of power delegated it to them have no brain and often inssaulted them with very transparent lies? Why add the religious colouration by withholding a Christian girl, to distract the Christians from the political objective? Analysing the political performance score card of Buhari, which he must have noticed himself and considering the answer he gave when asked whether he will run again for presidential office come 2019, one has no doubt that he was waiting for something very important before announcing whether he willrun or not. Soon after, the girls were abducted. Rumour has it that he was waiting for the staging of this abduction and its management. This study held its breath, believing that it will not be long
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before the president – Buhari announces his readiness to run for the 2019 second term bid and it did not take long for him to come forth with the announcement and attention was being drawn to his handling of the kidnapping – a travesty and speedy recovery, showing one ever ready to secure his people. There might be questions as to why he is doing this? The political angle has been defined above and the financial angle will no doubt be to raise money for the election, so that he will to still be the incorruptible Buhari whether he fails or succeeds in the second term bid. What this means is that the kidnapping was designed and executed by his self appointed hatchet men. Buhari values so much his incorruptible man record and will never stand for the kidnapping angle, not that he will not accept the tasty outcome. After all he accepted the result of the election posted for him by his highly corrupt sponsors. However, the revelation of the days to come will define how the cat lays. It will not supprise this study to discover that Boko Haram group has actually been sent to the grave, their ochestrated occasional attacks, is for the financial gain of some cabal. Some Islamic sects are still struggling to come into existence to no doubt operate like the Maitama Sule group of the past and Boko Haram. All we know is that wherever terrorists operate, democracy will be difficult to grow not to talk of consolidating.